On-chain governance of blockchain

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11924323-B2
Application number	US-201816025578-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 2, 2018
Priority date	Jul 2, 2018
Publication date	Mar 5, 2024
Grant date	Mar 5, 2024

Abstract

An example operation may include one or more of receiving a request for blockchain information from a user device, acquiring blockchain data from a plurality of blockchains which are actively operating and available for joining, determining an amount of trust for each blockchain among the plurality of blockchains based on acquired blockchain data of the respective blockchain, and outputting a list identifying the plurality of blockchains where each blockchain on the list comprises a trust indicator indicating a determined amount of trust for the respective blockchain.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computing system comprising:
a network interface configured to receive a request for blockchain information from a user device; and
a processor configured to
acquire names of governance policies from respective genesis blocks of a plurality of blockchains which are in active operation and available, the governance policies comprising policies agreed to by blockchain peers,
determine a plurality of trust values for the plurality of blockchains, respectively, based on the acquired names of the governance policies from the respective genesis blocks of the plurality of blockchains,
display, via a user interface, a list that includes a plurality of identifiers of the plurality of blockchains, respectively,
identify a first blockchain from among the plurality of blockchains that comprises a trust value above a predetermined threshold and a second blockchain from among the plurality of blockchains that comprises a trust value below the predetermined threshold, and
display a join button adjacent to an identifier of the first blockchain within the list and disable a join button from being displayed adjacent to an identifier of the second blockchain within the list.

2. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to arrange the plurality of identifiers of the plurality of blockchains on the list such that a blockchain with a greatest determined trust value has an identifier that is highest on the list.

3. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein a trust value of a blockchain is further determined based on one or more of location diversity of nodes of the respective blockchain, certificate identity information of nodes of the respective blockchain, node deployment information, chain code deployment information, and an amount of member nodes of the respective blockchain.

4. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to acquire a name of a governance policy and policy content of the governance policy of a blockchain from an encoding within a genesis block of the respective blockchain.

5. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein each determined trust value comprises a slidable scale between a lowest possible trust value to a highest possible trust value.

6. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to output a suggestion that indicates whether or not to transact on a respective blockchain based on a determined trust value for the respective blockchain.

7. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to output a notification of additional criteria that must be performed before the user device is allowed to join a respective blockchain.

8. A method comprising:
receiving a request for blockchain information from a user device;
acquiring names of governance policies from respective genesis blocks of a plurality of blockchains which are actively operating and available for joining, the governance policies comprising policies agreed to by blockchain peers;
determining a plurality of trust values for the plurality of blockchains, respectively, based on the acquired names of the governance policies from the respective genesis blocks of the plurality of blockchains;
displaying, via a user interface, a list that includes a plurality of identifiers of the plurality of blockchains, respectively;
identifying a first blockchain from among the plurality of blockchains that comprises a trust value above a predetermined threshold and a second blockchain from among the plurality of blockchains that comprises a trust value below the predetermined threshold; and
displaying a join button adjacent to an identifier of the first blockchain within the list and disable a join button from being displayed adjacent to an identifier of the second blockchain within the list.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the displaying comprises arranging the plurality of identifiers of the plurality of blockchains on the list such that a blockchain with a greatest determined trust value has an identifier that is highest on the list.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein a trust value of a blockchain is further determined based on one or more of location diversity of nodes of the respective blockchain, certificate identity information of nodes of the respective blockchain, node deployment information, chain code deployment information, and an amount of member nodes of the respective blockchain.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the acquiring comprises acquiring a name of a governance policy and policy content of the governance policy of a blockchain from an encoding within a genesis block of the respective blockchain.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein each determined trust value comprises a slidable scale between a lowest possible trust value to a highest possible trust value.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the outputting further comprises outputting a suggestion indicating whether or not to transact on a respective blockchain based on a determined trust value for the respective blockchain.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the outputting further comprises outputting a notification of additional criteria that must be performed before the user device is allowed to join a respective blockchain.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
receiving a request for blockchain information from a user device;
acquiring names of governance policies from respective genesis blocks of a plurality of blockchains which are actively operating and available for joining, the governance policies comprising policies agreed to by blockchain peers;
determining a plurality of trust values for the plurality of blockchains, respectively, based on the acquired names of the governance policies from the respective genesis blocks of the plurality of blockchains;
displaying, via a user interface, a list that includes a plurality of identifiers of the plurality of blockchains, respectively;
identifying a first blockchain from among the plurality of blockchains that comprises a trust value above a predetermined threshold and a second blockchain from among the plurality of blockchains that comprises a trust value below the predetermined threshold; and
displaying a join button adjacent to an identifier of the first blockchain within the list and disable a join button from being displayed adjacent to an identifier of the second blockchain within the list.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the displaying comprises arranging the plurality of identifiers of the plurality of blockchains on the list such that a blockchain with a greatest determined trust value has an identifier that is highest on the list.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein a trust value of a blockchain is further determined based on one or more of location diversity of nodes of the respective blockchain, certificate identity information of nodes of the respective blockchain, node deployment information, chain code deployment information, and an amount of member nodes of the respective blockchain.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the acquiring comprises acquiring a name of a governance policy and policy content of the governance policy from an encoding within a genesis block of the respective blockchain.

19. The computing system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to display, via

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Vouk Meeta
• Singh Gari
• Yellick Jason K
• Cuomo Gennaro A

Classifications

• H04L9/0637 Primary

  Modes of operation, e.g. cipher block chaining [CBC], electronic codebook [ECB] or Galois/counter mode [GCM] · CPC title

• H04L9/0643

  Hash functions, e.g. MD5, SHA, HMAC or f9 MAC · CPC title

• H04L9/3247

  involving digital signatures · CPC title

• H04L63/102

  Entity profiles · CPC title

• H04L63/20 Primary

  for managing network security; network security policies in general (filtering policies H04L63/0227) · CPC title